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theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators' punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own … the defectors. Fairness theories assuming that players aim to minimize payoff inequalities cannot explain the fact that …
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Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...
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theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators’ punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own … the defectors. Fairness theories assuming that players aim to minimize payoff inequalities cannot explain the fact that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703785
In the 2008 Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) Pretest, the factorial survey method was tested for the first time for use in the SOEP longitudinal study. In this paper, we describe the construction and application of the vignette module, which has its origins in the field of justice research and...
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Typically, laboratory experiments suffer from homogeneous subject pools and self-selection biases. The usefulness of …
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firm to investigate the effect of local labor market conditions on employee wage-fairness perceptions. The key element of … – the rate of unemployment and the wages of similar workers in the outside market – and the wage-fairness perceptions of … and fairness perceptions to changes in employee performance, as measured by the rate of disciplinary dismissals. We find …
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This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
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Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by …
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Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
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This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276246